Edgar Pangborn famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

And still I persist in wondering whether folly must always be our nemesis.
-- Edgar Pangborn

#Wonder #Folly #Nemesis
It is known (to some) that by dwelling in the present, conceding what is necessary to past and future, but no more than is necessary, it is quite possible to live happily ever after
-- Edgar Pangborn

#Past #Dwelling #Ever After
Wishing for the impossible in the future is a good exercise, I think, especially for children; wishing for it in the past is surely the emptiest and saddest of occupations.
-- Edgar Pangborn

#Children #Exercise #Past

I would love to play Wonder Woman on the big screen.
But I wonder if there is a place I fit in?
When one has no character, one HAS to apply a method. Here it did wonders incontrovertibly, and I am living on the site of one of the greatest crimes in human history.
Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets.
My wife had an uncle who could never walk down the nave of an abbey without wondering whether it would take spin.
When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.
A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.
I think Jo Kwon is my nemesis, because he looks like me.
Do not reproach a man with his misfortunes, fearing lest Nemesis may overtake you.
My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.

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